Proceedings: workshop on fire, people, and the central hardwoods landscape

Abstract

Contains 18 papers and 16 poster abstracts on the history of fire, fire ecology, fire and ecosystem management, and fire and the future presented at the workshop on fire, people, and the central hardwoods landscape.

Titles contained within Proceedings: workshop on fire, people, and the central hardwoods landscape

• Fire In The Central Hardwoods: Why Are We Concerned?
• Humans And Fire: A History Of The Central Hardwoods
• Native Burning in Western North America: Implications for Hardwood Forest Management
• Humans, Topography, and Wildland Fire: The Ingredients for Long-term Patterns in Ecosystems
• Fire on the Edge: Prehistoric Fire Along the Escarpment Zone of the Cumberland Plateau
• Fire and the Ecological History of Oak Forests in the Eastern United States
• Effects of Fire on the Ecology of the Forest Floor and Soil of Central Hardwood Forests
• Fire and Understory Vegetation: A Large-scale Study in Ohio and a Search for General Response Patterns in Central Hardwood Forests
• Fire and Birds in the Central Hardwood Landscape
• Stream Mayflies, Stoneflies, and Caddisflies: Do They Care About Controlled Burning in the Forest?
• Fire Bugs
• Black Bear Ecology and the Use of Prescribed Fire to Enhance Bear Habitat
• Using Prescribed Fire to Regenerate Oaks
• Current Research on Restoring Ridgetop Pine Communities With Stand Replacement Fire
• Barrens Management and Restoration: A Kentucky Example
• Resistance is not futile: The response of hardwoods to fire-caused wounding
• Managing Rare Plant Populations With Fire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• In Summary: Fire in the Evolution of the Eastern Landscape - A Timeline
• Oak Seedling Response to Fire and Herbivory
• Prescribed Burning: Effects on Forest Bird Populations
• Ecological Effects of Fire on Xerophyllum asphodeloides, a Rare Appalachian Lily
• A Shelterwood-burn Technique for Regenerating Productive Upland Oak Sites
• Effects of Fire, Deer Herbivory, Seed Predation, and Canopy Gaps on Forest Regeneration: A Large-scale Experimental Approach
• Effects of Shelterwood Harvesting and Prescribed Fire on Regeneration Structure
• Prescribed Fire Effects on Foliar Nutrients, Photosynthesis, and Growth of Ridgetop Maple and Oak Seedlings
• Chilton Creek: A Case Study of Landscape Fire Effects
• Ethnoecology of Fire: An Experimental Approach in the Ohio Valley
• Managing Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) Affects Breeding Bird Communities of Pine-Oak Forests in Southeastern Kentucky
• Disturbance History of an Old-Growth Forest in Southeastern Ohio
• Response of Pin Cherry (Prunus Pensylvanica L.F.) to Fire, Canopy Disturbance, and Deer Herbivory on the Westvaco Wildlife and Ecosystem Research Forest
• Prescribed Fire and Herbicides Modify Soil Processes During Barrens Ecosystem Restoration
• Experimental Studies of Oak Seed Responses to Fire Temperature in Appalachian Mixed-oak Litter
• Monitoring Scarab Populations Exposed to Prescribed Fire in Mixed-oak Forests of Southeast Ohio
• Ground Beetle Responses to Prescribed Burning in Southern Ohio?s Hardwood Forests

Citation

Yaussy, Daniel A.; [comp.] 2000. Proceedings: workshop on fire, people, and the central hardwoods landscape. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-274. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 129 p.